CHAPTER 7:
We were driving for at least three hours when I had a vision. I groaned.
"Max? What's up?" Fang asked me with worry in his eyes.
I looked at him and, without removing my gaze, pointed to Nudge.
"Max! I'm hungry! I think Kyle and Angel and Gazzy and Ella are hungry too! Oh, not to mention Total! Are you hungry? I think Fang's hungry too! We need to get food! What do you say, Dr. M? Can we stop for food?" Nudge rambled.
I sighed.
"Sure, Nudge. Wait a moment while I look for a place to eat." Mom responded calmly.
Soon, we pulled into a parking lot for Buona Beef. We got out of the van and I laughed.
"What?" Kyle asked, his eyebrows drawing down.
"To bystanders, we must look like clowns coming out of our clown car." I told him. He chuckled realizing. Fang put his arm around my waist and Kyle did to Nudge and Iggy to Ella.
We went inside and my family ordered their food. I was last up.
I went up and ordered my food. "Yes, I'll have two Meatballs Marinara, four Turkey Festiva, a coke, and crispy chicken salad."
"That all? Are all your orders together?" The guy at the counter asked. I nodded. He said the price and I gave him my credit card. The guy was around my age and he had dirty blond hair, dark green eyes, and freckles across his nose. He handed back my card with a piece of paper wrapped around it. It had his number on it and he winked at me.
I smiled tightly at him and I carefully threw the paper out in the garbage. Fang glared at the guy but I don't think he noticed. We went and sat down at three tables pushed together. We all sat by our significant other but Mom sat next to Angel who sat next to Gazzy.
The guy came over with five other people and handed us each our food. All the people left except for that one guy.
"Ooooh no." I mumbled.
"Excuse me," He said to me with a supposed to be alluring smile. "I think you accidentally threw out my number." He handed me another slip of paper.
Fang put his arm around my shoulders and held me close. "No, I'm pretty sure I threw it out on purpose."
"I'm positive that if you call me…you won't regret it." He leaned on the table toward me.
"And I'm pretty sure that you can't take a hint." I said through gritted teeth. I handed him his number back. "Now please leave me and my family to eat in peace."
He looked from me to Fang and back. "Look, I know you two are faking being together and that you're playing hard to get so just give it up. You know you want this." He pointed to himself.
I heard Fang growl softly beside me. I stood up and towered over the guy. "You don't want to mess with me." I told him quietly and menacingly.
"Or me." Fang added behind me.
The dude tried to kiss me by leaning in and I pushed him back. "That's assault!" His voice rose a bit.
"No, that was self-defense. You harassed me!" I yelled, hoping the manager would hear.
He did and he came out to see what was wrong. I told him what his employee tried to do and he fired him and gave us free dessert. I sat back down and Fang put his arm around me; he was rigid in his seat.
Angel looked pointedly at me and I opened my mind to her.
"Max, Fang's mad and a little scared." Angel told me in my mind.
"What do you mean, sweetie?" I asked through our connection.
"He's mad at the guy that was hitting on you. He's scared because he feels you'll leave him." Angle sounded nervous.
"Did he catch you talking to me?" I asked.
She didn't answer through the connection. She nodded at me. I turned to look at Fang and he was glaring daggers at Angel. She slumped back in her seat. I closed my mind again. I put a hand on Fang's cheek, softly. He turned his head to me and looked at me with a softer expression.
I leaned over and kissed him. I heard my family ooh and aw. I pulled back and smiled at him. "I will never leave you." I told him slowly and seriously.
He brushed some hair away from my face. "Are you sure? I mean, you might one day."
I shook my head. "No. I told you before…I'm always yours. I love you." I kissed him again and then we went back to eating.
Nudge and Ella looked at us with soft and sweet expressions on. I stopped eating and looked at them.
"What?" I asked. "You're super sweet faces are making me nauseous." I joked…but seriously, it creeped me out.
"That's so sweet! You love him!" Nudge gasped. I nodded like 'duh.' "Fang, do you love her back?"
He raised an eyebrow at her. "How's that your business?" He started eating again.
I raise an eyebrow telling Nudge to try to challenge his statement. "Well…it's not. But I'd like to know so we all know you would never-"
"Nudge!" I cut her off from saying they'll know that he'll never hurt me. "He wouldn't." I told her sternly.
"I know- we know. We just want more proof."
"Nudge, I think we have enough proof from our whole lives." Iggy pointed out.
We all ate and talked to the person next to us. When we were done, we went back out to the car. Fang was looking around and he froze for a second. He growled low in his throat again.
I followed where he was looking and the persistent idiot that kept flirting with me was near our car. I took Fang's hand and faced him toward me.
"Fang, just ignore him. He's worthless…" I leaned up and kissed him softly. He put a hand behind my head and kissed me back. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he pulled me closer from around the waist.
I peeked over Fang's shoulder and the guy was walking away. I smiled against Fang's lips and pulled away. "Now we don't have to deal with him." I took his hand and led him to the car.
We all got in and all the younger kids were really excited and they wanted to know where we were going.
"C'mon! Just tell us!"
"No, Gazzy, I won't." I responded.
"Fang, get her to spill!" Iggy commanded.
I laughed. "How's he going to do that?"
Fang lifted an eyebrow. He smirked and leaned in to kiss me.
"That won't work." I sang out right before his lips touched mine.
Want to bet?" He challenged against my mouth. His lips muffled my small laugh. He put a hand behind my head and tangled his fingers in my hair. His other hand went around my waist and he pulled me to him. I put a hand on his neck behind his head and the other stayed resting on his chest.
One small kiss turned into a minor make-out session.
"Hey, if you're going to do anything back there…I'll kick your asses to Montana!" I heard Mom yell in the background.
We pulled apart and I smiled a goofy smile. Fang smirked. I leaned against him and looked off into space. I think I giggled.
"So, Max," Kyle started. "Where are we going?"
I giggled again, still staring toward the front of the car. "As if I'll say." I laughed fully then. "I told you it would do nothing." I turned toward Fang. "Except make me love you more." I murmured to him.
"How long were we kissing?" Fang asked Ella. She had been looking at her watch the entire time.
She tilted her head side to side a bit. "Almost…about…43 minutes." She looked at us for a second. "How could you go that long without breathing?"
Fang and I chuckled. "You breathe through your nose, Elle." I told her, tapping the side of my nose.
Ella looked surprised. "Oh," I could tell she never knew that.
"Ella, that's sad. Even I knew that." Gazzy told her.
Iggy leaned back in his seat to talk to Fang. "Hey, she a good kisser?" He whispered really low no one would be able to hear except the person it's directed to. I heard because of my ability.
Fang chuckled and leaned back, giving me room to whap Iggy upside the head. I did and Iggy winced.
"Yeah, should have known you'd do that Max." He rubbed his head and then angled his head toward Fang again. "You do know I was just joking?"
"Yeah." Fang answered.
I reached behind me to the trunk and grabbed a jar of cherries; I had packed it in there yesterday in case we all wanted a teeny snack. "Stem test?" I asked.
I handed cherries to everyone including Total and Mom.
"How do you do the 'Stem test?'" Gazzy asked.
"Simple; you put the cherry in your mouth and eat the cherry and twist a knot in the stem and if it's a perfect knot, you're a great kisser. The faster you do it, the better kisser you are." I explained. "We'll do it one at a time. I have a stop watch right here." I pulled a stopwatch out of my pocket.
"Mom, you first." Ella said.
"Okay, okay." Mom responded smiling. "Gosh, I haven't done this since I was your age, Ella."
"Go!" I instructed. I saw Mom put the cherry in her mouth and her jaw moved around as she fiddled with the stem. She took it out and there was a knot right in the middle. I hit the button on the watch. "17 seconds."
Nudge went and then Kyle and their time was very close; 15 and 16 seconds. Angel got 24 seconds and Gazzy got 19 seconds. It was time for Ella to go.
"If you get the same time or better than your mom, it'll prove that kissing abilities are inherited." Iggy stated.
"Go." I told her. She put it in her mouth and 16 seconds later, she pulled it out with a knot in the middle. "16,"
"Iggy, you go." Fang said.
He went and got 16 seconds as well. It was time for Fang. "Go," I faced him and watched him and the clock closely. He pulled it out soon and there was a knot in the middle, perfectly made. "10 seconds. "
"Ha! Max, there's no way you'll beat that." Total said.
"Total, it's YOUR turn." I said. He ate the cherry and spit it out later.
"How long?" He asked. I stifled a laugh.
"Two minutes." I told him. His jaw dropped and he looked hilarious. "My turn. Here, you hit the stop watch, Fang." I handed it to him, ready to go.
"Go," He told me, hitting the button. I plopped the cherry in my mouth and swallowed the cherry, minus the stem. I worked quickly and I pulled it out after I was done. Fang hit the button and swallowed to, apparently, clear a lump in his throat.
"How long? It seemed fast to me." Ella pointed out.
Fang looked at me then the stopwatch. "Five seconds."
Nudge laughed and pointed at the stem. "Look! There's more than one knot!" The entire stem was full of knots. "How many is that?" She started counting.
"42. I have no idea how I got them all to fit but I did." I explained with a laugh. "I am the new champion!" I joked. I looked at the stem and smiled. "I wonder how many I can tie together." I mused.
I picked up the jar of cherries and put seven in my mouth. I tied them all together and they looked like a star. I pulled it out and everyone was laughing.
"Max, do you use your telekinesis?" Mom asked. I shook my head. She shrugged.
We drove farther and we arrived at our destination. It was a cabin in Colorado and we had our own private ski/snowboard slope and sledding slope. The cabin wasn't massive but it was big.
"Here we are." Mom and I said at the same time.
We all rushed out of the car and saw it was snowing. The kids ran to the back of the van and grabbed their bags, running to the door of the cabin. I grabbed my bag and waited for Fang before going to the cabin. We went inside and immediately closed the door behind us.
"Come on, let's find our rooms." I grabbed his hand and dragged him up the stairs to the hall with rooms. I counted the rooms and saw that there were only five rooms. "Mom!"
She came up the stairs. "Yeah, honey?"
I licked my lips. "Um, there's only five rooms."
She looked down the hall and she pursed her lips. "I'm trusting you two as well as Nudge and Kyle and Ella and Iggy." She left for her room with her gear.
My mouth was open a little bit. I chuckled in surprise. "Iggy! Ella! Nudge, Kyle! Angel, Gazzy!"
They all came running up here. They looked at me like they were in trouble.
"Angel, Gazzy, you two are sharing a room. Ella and Iggy, you're sharing one too as well as Nudge and Kyle and Me and Fang. Go find the rooms you want."
"Wait, you're saying I get to share a room with Ella?" Iggy asked confused and ecstatic.
"Shush! Come on before she changes her mind!" Ella grabbed his hand and dragged toward the rooms.
"Wait!" I called. They stopped and turned toward me again. "Oldest get to chose first." I smiled and Fang smirked.
There were multiple groans and complaints. Mom came out into the hall and smiled at all of us. "I already have my room so…Max, Fang, choose your room. All of you have to be responsible though." She walked back into her room.
I grabbed Fang's hand and led him down the hall. I opened up the door right next to the stairs. I looked into the future to see what everyone would pick. This room was green with pink polka-dots. Angel and Gazzy would have this room. I looked at all the other rooms and they had one bed- the one that Angel and Gazzy were going to share had two beds.
The last room I looked at was huge and I think it was the master bedroom. It had a private bathroom, large closet, its own plasma TV, queen sized bed, black walls, red fluffy carpet, two desks, and a hidden door in the wall that seemed to be a 'secret getaway.' It also had a balcony.
Fang had given up looking with me because I was taking so long. I motioned for him to follow me in and he did, closing the door behind him. He looked around and he whistled a low whistle. "Wow," He smiled at me and came over to put his arms around my waist. "Can we keep it? Please, please, please?" He joked. I laughed.
"This is our room. And it's the master bedroom too. This is our vacation house, by the way. This room is forever ours." I turned around in his arms and kissed him gently. I pulled away and went to open our door. "You guys can look for your rooms now, Iggy, Ella. Oh, um, Angel and Gazzy's room is the first down the hall right next to you."
"Can we see your room?" Nudge asked.
"Sure." I walked over to the dresser and started putting my shirts and pants away.
All the kids came into the room and their jaws dropped.
"Oh my God, this room is…amazing! Look, it had a balcony! And a bathroom! And…oh, I want that TV!" Nudge gushed.
I laughed. "Go find your rooms. I already know what in all of yours."
They all dispersed. Except Ella. "Why do you get this room? It's the biggest."
"Because it fits our personalities?" I guessed. "You'll love yours. And so will Iggy. Go see what I mean."
She left and I heard her new bedroom door open. "Hot Damn!" She yelled happily. "We have our own little kitchen!"
I looked at Fang and we laughed. I finished putting my things away. "C'mon," I cocked my head in the direction of the secret door. "Let's see what it is." I, for one, already knew.
We opened the door and walked into a dark room. I flipped the light switch and the lights turned on the reveal a workout/sparring room. There was a small closet to the side that held workout things. There was another door that was another secret area. There was a CD player in the corner and there were workout safety mats on the floor. Fang wrapped his arms around my waits.
"A workout room?" I nodded. "It's like this place was built for us."
"Well," I looked at him. "Mom and I decided we needed a place for the family to relax…a second home. She got her friends to build the place and I helped pick out what to put in each room. I told the guys to have MORE than 5 rooms. I guess they heard wrong. Right now, I don't care they heard wrong. I gave them a list of what I wanted in my room, what you would want, and so on and so forth. All the rooms are to everyone's likings."
Fang looked at the second door. "What's that lead to?"
I looked over and my brow furrowed. "I actually don't know."
He let me go and grabbed my hand, pulling me toward it. "Let's find out." He opened the door and there was a set of stairs going down. We walked down it and it got dark. "Where's the light when you need it?"
I clapped my hands together and the lights came on. He raised his eyebrows at me. I laughed and we reached an end. It was just a wall; nothing else.
"Maybe it was a screw up?" Fang guessed.
I shook my head and pushed on the wall. It moved forward and to the side, opening. We ended up in the living room downstairs. We stepped out and I saw a bookshelf with a book pulled out. I went over and pushed it in. The secret door that held the staircase closed and set back in place.
I laughed. "Ha- ha! It's a funhouse!" I faced Fang with a silly smile on of amusement.
He chuckled and sat down in the armchair, putting the built-in footrest up. He relaxed into it and closed his eyes. I went over and sat on the arm of the chair, looking at him. I smiled a small smile and I got a headache. I put my hand to my head and my eyes widened a bit. I looked at Fang again and saw his peaceful face that I loved.
Something was running through my mind that told me that my teenage hormones were kicking in. You gotta love them! Not! I got up and walked over to a door under the staircase; it was another set of stairs leading to the basement. I went in and turned on the lights; it was a recording studio. I sat down at a spot near the computer controls and recorded the music using the computer. I saved it in the computer and set it for me to sing and insert it. I went to the other side of the window- where you record, live- and put on the headphones. I stood in front of a suspended microphone and hit a button that started the playback and recording.
"Everybody knows, everybody knows
You're the kind of guy, kind of guy
That a girl like me goes for
Everywhere you go, everywhere you go
People want to know why you're alone
Hanging out on the dance floor
Ripped up jeans, tattooed sleeves, so James Dean
But you got it cause you're so hot, I could die
Cause when I look at you
I wanna get a room
I wanna get a room
Under all that cool I know you want it too
I know you want it too
What's a girl gotta do to get you out of her mind
And into the groove?
Cause when I looked at you I knew I've been waiting all night
Waiting all night
For the right time, right sign
Just so I can finally make a move
Cheesy lines from the wrong guys
Drinking cheap wine
Wasting time till the moment I could get to you
I walk over now, we're getting closer
I'm trembling, I see heaven in your eyes
Cause when I look at you
I wanna get a room
I wanna get a room
Under all that cool
I know you want it too
I know you want it too
What's a girl gotta do to get you out of her mind
And into the groove?
Cause when I looked at you I knew
I knew, I knew, I knew
Cause when I look at you
I wanna get a room
I wanna get a room
Under all that cool
I know you want it too
I know you want it too
What's a girl gotta do to get you out of her mind
And into the groove?
Cause when I looked at you I knew
Cause when I looked at you I knew
Cause when I looked at you I knew"
(Song: When I Looked At You by Lesley Roy) Teenage hormones, a girl's best friend for creating songs. And a girl's enemy for everything else. My back was facing the glass between the recording area and the control area. I took off the headphones and hit the button to stop recording.
I turned around and saw Nudge and Ella standing there looking at me with their eyebrows up. I went over to the door and went over to them. I crossed my arms. "What are you doing down here? This is my private space!"
Nudge shrugged. "We were exploring. I opened the door, Ella was standing next to me and we came down. You did a great job, Max. Don't be mad! And don't worry! We closed the door behind us."
"Yeah, Max. We're sorry…we got curious. And we could help you so you don't have to do everything by yourself. You won't have to go back and forth constantly. You could stay in there and we could do the controls." Ella suggested.
I looked at her innocent expression and at Nudge's. I pursed my lips and sighed. "Fine. But…Only do what I instruct- nothing else. This studio is brand new and I don't want it broken."
I went over to the computer and put in a flash drive. I put the background music in and told Ella and Nudge what to do and when to do it. I went back to the microphone. I put the headphones on and sang the song I've been meaning to sing. Toby had sent the music to me and told me to come up with the lyrics. The song was called Misfit (By Lesley Roy).
"You never close your eyes You never sleep at night You are an emotional nightmare You are a misfit You like to hurt yourself And you don't know why You're trapped inside your own hell No one else knows your name See the misfit in the mirror See the freak that lives inside See the misfit in the mirror cry See the one nobody wanted, Shattered by a world of lies See the misfit in the mirror die You always crash your car, You're like a permanent scar, You're just a walking disaster You are the opposite of moving faster When you've pushed around, When all your walls fall down And when they call you misfit it's so hard to ease the pain See the misfit in the mirror See the freak that lives inside See the misfit in the mirror cry See the one nobody wanted, Shattered by a world of lies See the misfit in the mirror die I see you and I see everything that I hate Darkness all around me, makes me suffocate See the misfit in the mirror See the freak that lives inside See the misfit in the mirror cry See the one nobody wanted, Shattered by a world of lies See the misfit in the mirror die"
I looked back at Nudge and Ella and they hit the button to stop recording. Nudge hit the intercom button.
"Oh my gosh, Max! That was so good! Record another one? Please, I'd like to hear another one. You can't ignore your fans!" Ella laughed and covered Nudge's mouth.
I held up five fingers on one hand and three on the other one telling them to go to track number eight on the file. They held their hands up and did thumbs up to me letting me know they got the file. The music started. (Song: Psycho Bitch by Lesley Roy- again. A/N: what can I say? I love her music!)
"Is it fair to say you played me for a fool? Is it fair to say you used me? that's the truth you've been lyin' all this time and now I'm mad you drove me to the vodka shots I'm knockin' back yeah I bet you never thought that I would be a basket case I'm goin' crazy cause you're hooked on someone and that someone isn't me I bet you never thought that I would be a psycho bitch like the kind of girl that's gonna smash your headlights no that someone isn't me is it fair to say your window hit a rock? do you think that I should sell you to the cops? when they ask me where I was the seventeenth should I be like you and say that wasn't me? Yeah I bet you never thought that I would be a basket case I'm goin' crazy cause you're hooked on someone and that someone isn't me I bet you never thought that I would be a psycho bitch like the kind of girl that's gonna smash your headlights no that someone isn't me does she go where I don't? is she beautiful or will she go where I wont go? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah I bet you never thought that I would be a basket case I'm goin' crazy cause you're hooked on someone and that someone isn't me but you never thought that I would be a psycho bitch like the kind of girl that's gonna smash your headlights no that someone isn't me I bet you never thought that I would be a basket case I'm goin' crazy cause you're hooked on someone and that someone isn't me but you never thought that I would be a psycho bitch like the kind of girl that's gonna smash your headlights (smash 'em in) no that someone isn't me oh!"
I turned around and Mom was standing there too, looking amused. Her arms were crossed across her chest and she was shaking with a little giggle fit. I narrowed my eyes at her. She hit the intercom button. "You put a studio in the basement?" I nodded. "You're obsessed with your music." She shook her head laughing and hit a button on the computer. She held up four fingers.
The music started and I started singing what I had felt before when the band and I recorded this music. (Song: Come to Your Senses by: L.R. I think you know who that is. If not, look at the singer from before.)
"so this is how it is. this is how it goes I know that there's not a single word I can say you'll go your own way. its you and you alone I need to feel you close to me I long to hold your face in my hands the heart is hard to understand love is a mystery... the truth of it hard to see oh yeah I'm counting on destiny to bring you your senses I'm counting on destiny come to your senses words cannot explain what its like without you here and the never ending rain how it falls drowning me drowning me love is a mystery... the truth of it hard to see oh yeah I'm counting on destiny to bring you your senses I'm counting on destiny come to your senses come to your senses cause there's nothing I can do nothing I can say to break your defenses come to your senses... love is a mystery... the truth of it hard to see oh yeah I'm counting on destiny to bring you your senses love is a mystery... the truth of it hard to see oh yeah I'm counting on destiny to bring you your senses I'm counting on destiny... if this is how it ends... if this is how it goes... I know."
Mom turned the intercom on again and spoke: "Hey, Max. Come on. We're all going upstairs to watch a movie."
I nodded and took my headphones off. I went upstairs with them and Mom went to the kitchen. I went to the living room and sat on the arm of the chair Fang was still sitting in. He was sitting up now with his eyes open. He was staring at the TV and didn't look my way. I looked at the TV and all that was playing was the menu choice for Elf. It was repeating again when I felt something grab me by the waist and pull me down. I laughed when I landed in Fang's lap. He held me close and chuckled.
"What were you doing in the basement?" Fang asked into my ear, his breath blowing against my ear and hair.
I turned my head to look at him. "Nothing," I stated unconvincingly on purpose.
He raised an eyebrow and I winked. "Okay, you have secrets…I don't need to know them." I leaned against him and we sat back in the chair.
Mom came in carrying a tray of mugs filled with hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, chocolate powder, and chocolate sprinkles. She handed some to everyone.
"Thanks, Mom." I smiled at her, taking the hot mug. She put the tray down on the coffee table and sat next to Angel on the couch. "What'd you think of your room?"
She smiled at me. "Oh, I love it, Max. Thank you for telling the decorators what to put in there."
"Can we watch the movie now?" Iggy asked.
We played the movie and 1/3 of the way through I looked over at Nudge and Kyle who were in the same position as me and Fang; the girl on the boy's lap, cuddling. Kyle whispered something to Nudge and I saw out of the corner of my eye Iggy did the same to Ella. They looked so happy and they both kissed their boyfriends. Fang leaned forward toward me.
"I love you." He whispered. I smiled and turned to kiss him. I did and then I turned back to the TV.
Fang wasn't done kissing me yet. He moved his way to my jaw line and then to my neck. I held in a gasp. I loved Fang…and I hated how he had that kind of control over me. I froze and stood up slowly, Fang following. Gazzy paused the movie and Angel turned the lights on. They all looked at me but I was staring at the door. They all followed my line of sight and stared with me.
"What's going on?" Kyle asked me.
"Someone's coming." I stated.
The door opened with a creak and in walked Jeb. I let out a breath I had been holding and motioned for Fang to sit back down. He did and I sat back on his lap. We resumed the movie and everyone was paying attention except for Mom and Jeb.
I smiled despite myself. Jeb and Mom were smiling at each other with love in their eyes. Fang went back to gently kissing my neck.
"Maximum," Jeb's warning voice broke into my head. I jumped, startled. Fang stopped kissing my neck and looked at me. I rolled my eyes and motioned to Jeb with my head. He just chuckled.
I looked over at Jeb and he shook his head at me. I scoffed. "Okay, Jeb. You know, as well as I, that I'm growing up. You know what'll happen in the future." I told him through our connection of the minds- that I loathed SO much!
"It just looks odd, that's all." He told me. He went back to looking at Mom and they left for the kitchen to talk.
Fang went back to kissing me. I stifled a giggle because of the feeling. I looked to see if anyone was watching but Kyle was kissing Nudge, and Iggy was kissing Ella. Gazzy, Angel, and Total were paying attention to the TV.
After the movie was done, we all went up to our rooms to use the extra stuff. (Angel and Gazzy; video game system, Ella and Iggy; kitchenette, Nudge and Kyle; stereo system.) Fang and I just went to our room to put up posters and stuff.
Fang turned on his iPod and put it in the stereo. It played music from My Chemical Romance. We listened to that while putting our posters up and I noticed a lot of ours were of the same bands. Once we were done, we watched a little TV.
"Hey, Max. Everyone else is a little quiet. What do you think they're up to?" Fang turned to me.
"The rooms are soundproof." I told him distractedly.
He just looked at me. "Do you have any idea what they could be doing?"
"If they do ANYTHING, I'll see." I tapped my forehead. "And trust me, they won't do anything besides sleep right next to each other." I got up and went over to the dresser. I grabbed my pajamas and went to the private bathroom. I went in, locked the door, took a shower, and brushed my teeth. I was wearing my towel and decided to blow-dry my hair. I blew it dry and put my Pjs on. They were a navy blue tank top and short shorts. I went into the room and saw Fang was waiting for me to get out. He was watching the TV since there was a football game on and started walking in backwards.
"Come on! Come on! Come on! Touchdown! Okay, commercial," He spun on his heel and went into the bathroom to take a shower. He took less time than me and by the time he came out, I was on the bed watching the game, eating some popcorn I had put in my bag.
"Oh, come on! He had it! That's not out! Ah, you suck, ref." I put some popcorn in my mouth and put the bag on my nightstand.
I turned my head back to the TV and saw Fang standing in the way. His hair was hanging around his face, framing it, and he wore long flannel, black pajama pants, and no shirt. I saw his entire chest; his muscles and everything. I drew in a quiet ragged breath. Fang was staring at me with an eyebrow raised and his arms crossed in front of his chest, flexing his muscles.
"Holy…" I turned my head and brushed my hair back with my hand. I mouthed "Oh my God!"
Fang walked over to the bed and sat down next to me. He smirked and I raised an eyebrow. "See something you like?" He asked smug.
I played along. "Yes, I do."
It was his turn to raise an eyebrow. "Oh really…? What?"
I leaned toward him and pulled his head toward me with my hand behind his neck. "This," I kissed him and he kissed back. My hand made its way to his chest and he pulled me to him even more. I pulled back to look at him. "See anything YOU like?"
He didn't answer, he just kissed me again. He lightly pushed me back, without breaking the kiss, and got me into a laying down position and he was over me, keeping his weight off me. We didn't do anything except kiss.
After a while, there was a knock on the door. Fang and I broke apart and looked at each other. We scurried (A/N I just wanted to use that word. Lol) and got under the covers next to each other, and acted like we were watching TV. I gasped.
Fang looked at me and I pointed to his chest. "You need a shirt." I turned toward the door as Fang went over to the dresser. "Come in."
Mom walked in and saw that Fang was getting a shirt and I was in the bed.
"You guys going to bed?" She asked.
I looked at the clock. It was 1:23 AM. I laughed quietly. "Yeah, night."
Mom came over to my side of the bed and picked up the popcorn bag. "What's this?"
"A snack I brought?" I smiled. "It's yummy."
She laughed and took the bag with her, out of the room. Fang came back over, holding a shirt in his hands.
"Just in case." He said. He got under the covers and turned his lamp off. I turned the TV off and went to lay closer to him.
"Good night, Fang."
"Night."
We both fell asleep peacefully.
